Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (1 April 1952-20 May 2012) was an officer of the Mukhabarat al-Jamahiriya intelligence agency of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Biography
Al-Megrahi was born in Tripoli in the Kingdom of Libya in 1952, and became the director of security for Libyan Arab Airlines (LAA). He also became an intelligence officer in the Mukhabarat al-Jamahiriya, and in December 1988 was responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in the "Lockerbie Bombing". He was charged with murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment but in 2009 was released on compassionate grounds by the United Kingdom. Al-Megrahi died in 2012 in Tripoli, Libya.